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- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
race on people’s behavior. Performance, too, is tricky to gauge objectively. “Most workplaces have a rough measure of productivity, but that is usually biased itself.” The NBA, however, obsessively tracks every action of every player,... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
But this only works well in a school environment with standardized metrics, and completely falls apart in a complex workplace with varied evaluations – perhaps this is why despite the high success rates of... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
2013 joined Stanford University as an assistant professor of management science and engineering. Valentine says one caveat of the quantitative improvement is that the hospital was not performing as well as its peers before the redesign.... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
information—and it sat on managers' shelves. No follow-up ever took place. You're probably laughing—or wincing—in recognition of what has become a familiar tale of corporate change efforts. Indeed, with all the transformation efforts going on these days, the View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
their understanding of course concepts and share insights with peers. This time includes all coursework on the platform, including written reflections and quizzes, as well as engagement with peers. This does not include review work... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets (NOM) unit. “My intended audience includes managers at companies as well as policymakers and regulators—seeking to inform and, to be sure, persuade these folks.” In the course of his research,... View Details
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library
Report to understand how hospitable U.S. States are to LGBTQ+ people, especially in the context of business, talent retention, and workplace inclusion. Explore HBS Cases with LGBTQ+ protagonists: Dylan Pierce at Peninsula Industries... View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Initiative Welcome to the fourth annual Gender & Work research symposium. This year’s theme, "Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative," addresses the power of words: how what we say and how we say it—as View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
afterthought. "If you look at the allocation of resources in corporate wellness programs, you will find it heavily weighted towards physical health," says Quelch. Only rarely does a tragedy, such as a suicide of a top management executive... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
executives would find out that I was meditating,” Burton admits. Today, he wants everyone to know about the workplace benefits of meditation and other stress-management techniques. Six years ago, Burton founded Whil, a digital training... View Details
Keywords: April White
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Initiative Welcome to the fourth annual Gender & Work research symposium. This year’s theme, "Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative," addresses the power of words: how what we say and how we say it—as View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
vital weapon in the competitive arsenal of most organizations, may be seriously handicapped by the very action intended to increase a company's competitive position. Amabile has been studying creativity in the workplace for some 25 years.... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Research Brief: Great Expectations
The narrative surrounding employees who are passionate about their jobs holds so much sway in today’s workplace that it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Ultimately, if you believe in a passionate person, they will perform better,”... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
being consumed by the larger political debate in our country. The challenges of building healthy workplaces have been with us for many decades. Google is at the forefront of progress in this area, as Laszlo Bock, its human resource head,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
organization—taps into the talents common among those on the autism spectrum, which include attention to detail, highly focused concentration, perseverance with repetitive tasks, pattern recognition, problem solving, and honesty. These traits are ideal for testing... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
research was going, and in the conversation that followed the pair quickly realized the extent to which their work overlapped. If they could combine findings from across their assorted research projects, they could fit together a big-picture view of office-space... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
research had been done. Elektra Health, not afraid to shout the “M” word, was positioned to become a leader and advocate for women by commissioning a study to better understand the experience of working professionals experiencing menopause. Our 2022 Menopause in the... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
extent to which their work overlapped. If they could combine findings from across their assorted research projects, they could fit together a big-picture view of office-space configurations and how well they support different kinds of... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values
organization stand for and what are you willing to commit to and hold all members of your community accountable for? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are important because they bring individuals together in the workplace based on shared... View Details
Keywords: All Industries